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Is there still court-life at royal courts?

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You read how King Henry VIII chose families to come be apart of his court. And how Marie Antoinette lived a glittering life at court with other princesses and nobles. So do nobles still live at court along with Queen Elizabeth II?

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  1. No they don't most noble are appointed lady-waiting to the Queen but don't live in Buckingham Palace.  


  2. No the system of nobles living at court stopped after queen Victoria died.

  3. the formal system you describe finished in the first half of the 20th century, with the reign of George V, who still had a network of courtiers, who even had a uniform.

    The uniform still exists, but although Her Maj has various titled ladies acting as personal assistants - called Mistress of the Robes, Lady in Waiting and so on - they tend to be long-time friends among the privileged classes.There are large numbers of paid servants who fill the roles performed by courtiers at Henry's court - passing the monarch's stockings and writing letters, and so on.

    The huge numbers of live-in courtiers were intended to impress other countries with the brilliance of Henry's or Marie Antoinette's rule. Once the monarch stopped being an absolute ruler, there was less reason for such a court.

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